Ryan opposes Trump working with Democrats on healthcare

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-obamacare-idUSKBN17105S?utm_source=34553&utm_medium=partner


Politics | Thu Mar 30, 2017 | 6:52am EDT
Ryan opposes Trump working with Democrats on healthcare


U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, said he does not want President Donald Trump to work with Democrats on new legislation for revamping the country's health insurance system, commonly called Obamacare.

In an interview with "CBS This Morning" that will air on Thursday, Ryan said he fears the Republican Party, which failed last week to come together and agree on a healthcare overhaul, is pushing the president to the other side of the aisle so he can make good on campaign promises to redo Obamacare.

"I don't want that to happen," Ryan said, referring to Trump's offer to work with Democrats.

Carrying out those reforms with Democrats is "hardly a conservative thing," Ryan said, according to interview excerpts released on Wednesday. "I don’t want government running health care. The government shouldn’t tell you what you must do with your life, with your healthcare," he said.

On Tuesday, Trump told senators attending a White House reception that he expected lawmakers to reach a deal "very quickly" on healthcare, but he did not offer specifics.

"I think it's going to happen because we've all been promising - Democrat, Republican - we've all been promising that to the American people," he said.

Trump said after the failure of the Republican plan last week that Democrats, none of whom supported the bill, would be willing to negotiate new healthcare legislation because Obamacare is destined to "explode."

(Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Eric Beech; Editing by Leslie Adler)

[WinkyDink]

1. "I dont want government running health care." There's the agenda, right there. TOTAL DESTRUCTION.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Not To Mention, ACA Was NOT Government Running Health Care

So, once again, Ryan doesn't know about that which he speaks.

[WinkyDink]

6. Might be alluding to the mandate, but in any case, "freedom" is how the Republicans rob us.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Then He Should Have Been More Specific

Because what he actually said was "government running health care" and that, clearly, is a lie.

BTW: Not disagreeing with you, just piling on Ryan.

[WinkyDink]

8. Pile away, mon ami! (About 6' deep, heh.)

[BeyondGeography]

3. Moron

Under Obamacare, the threshold for Medicaid qualification is 133 percent of the federal poverty line, or $15,521 for an individual and $31,721 for a family of four. Those people don't need "freedom of choice" for their healthcare.

[jehop61]

4. Perhaps

he should find out what the people want, not just his cruel and vindictive congresscritters want? He is the worst Speaker ever.

[HughBeaumont]

5. And that's considering Dennis Hastert, Newt Gingrich and John Boehner.

[ck4829]

9. Too late to kick?